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Builders Show opens at Lebanon Valley Expo Center

By LES STEWART

Lebanon Daily News

Updated:
03/20/2013 10:39:01 AM EDT

Ray Martin and his son, Dylan Martin, of Myerstown discuss various fireplaces on display at the North Forge Home Heating exhibit, housed in a trailer parked outside the exhibition halls at the Lebanon Builders Association Home Builders Show and Garden Faire. The show opened Tuesday and continues through Saturday. (Jeremy Long / Lebanon Daily News)

This is the time of year when home projects are born.

That is the hope of exhibitors at the 42nd annual Builders Show and Garden Faire, which opened Tuesday evening at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center.

"People are out looking this time of year," said Nick Lyter, an event representative from Renewal by Anderson of Mechanicsburg.

The Builders Show will continue through Saturday at the Expo Center, located along Rocherty Road just east of Cornwall Road in North Cornwall Township.

Through Thursday, the show will be open from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The hours are noon to 9 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $5. Children 14 and under are admitted free.

Anderson windows and doors rep Nick Lyter demonstrates how easy it is to remove an Anderson double-hung window for cleaning Tuesday at the Builders Show and Garden Faire. (Jeremy Long / Lebanon Daily News)

Lyter said Anderson exhbits its windows at a number of area home shows, including those in Harrisburg, Reading and Lancaster.

For Brad Bowman, from Cleona plumbing, heating and air conditioning business G.F. Bowman, the show provides him with a chance to look for new business and say hello to existing customers.

The show features a coloring contest for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. Children under the age of 12 will also be able to participate in scavenger hunts each night of the show.

Wooden Toys for Tots projects, made by area students, will be on display at the show.

ZooAmerica will conduct a "Creatures of the Night" exhibit at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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For the adults, the show features vendors hawking wares such as security systems, kitchen and bathroom remodeling and floor coverings.

Seminars are also scheduled throughout the week on subjects such as electric generators, radon testing and bathroom remodeling. One of the seminars provides tips to landlords for buying, financing and managing rental properties.

A complete guide to the show appeared as a supplement to Monday's Lebanon Daily News. Pick up a copy on the way to the Expo Center.

Jeanne Bishop of South Lebanon Township checks out the Vincent R. Boltz Plumbing & Heating display Tuesday at the Builders Show at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center. (Jeremy Long / Lebanon Daily News)